Total Rewards Great Gift Wrap Up
Feb 17, 2012, 10:21 pm
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Total Rewards Great Gift Wrap Up
Is anyone familiar with this? What is the approximate value of a point (i.e. what can you get with 50K points, 100K points, etc.) The website for the 2011 event does not have the items listed any longer and I'm attempting to determine how much my current offer for points is worth.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Feb 18, 2012, 11:16 am
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Is anyone familiar with this? What is the approximate value of a point (i.e. what can you get with 50K points, 100K points, etc.) The website for the 2011 event does not have the items listed any longer and I'm attempting to determine how much my current offer for points is worth.
Thanks.
Thanks.
) etc. the numbers vary. But for gift cards, it is generally 100 dollars requires 20,000 points.This promo is normally based on play in Las Vegas only--but two years ago play in any of their casinos counted, provided you earned one point in LV. For certain months they are running a bonus promo (invited guests(?)) where you can get EXTRA gift shop points. GS points can only be redeemed at their special promo in late NOV. and early DEC.--I don't have the exact dates handy.
(The GS bank is separate from your rewards credits--you can check your GS balance at www.greatgiftwrapup.com.
Last edited by nrr; Feb 21, 2012 at 1:32 am
Feb 28, 2012, 6:46 pm
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My experience with this promotion was that between 2010 and 2011 the rate of point accrual dropped by 1/2 and the cost of items about doubled, so our buying power was about 1/4 in 2011 than in 2010. I may be wrong about the accrual rate, but we earned less points on what I thought was about the same play.
So even if you had seen the "prices" of items from 2010, this would not give you a good idea of what they would cost in 2011.
I would not expect to see the 2012 "prices" until September at the earliest.
So even if you had seen the "prices" of items from 2010, this would not give you a good idea of what they would cost in 2011.
I would not expect to see the 2012 "prices" until September at the earliest.
Feb 29, 2012, 12:29 pm
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My experience with this promotion was that between 2010 and 2011 the rate of point accrual dropped by 1/2 and the cost of items about doubled, so our buying power was about 1/4 in 2011 than in 2010. I may be wrong about the accrual rate, but we earned less points on what I thought was about the same play.
So even if you had seen the "prices" of items from 2010, this would not give you a good idea of what they would cost in 2011.
I would not expect to see the 2012 "prices" until September at the earliest.
So even if you had seen the "prices" of items from 2010, this would not give you a good idea of what they would cost in 2011.
I would not expect to see the 2012 "prices" until September at the earliest.
Gift cards have generally been 2:1 for all types,
Mar 1, 2012, 5:57 am
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However, there's no doubt about the price inflation. The cost of items we 'purchased' in 2010 nearly doubled.
Mar 1, 2012, 12:06 pm
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That was not my understanding. I thought in both years, LAS + Northern NV counted, but if other locations counted in 2010, that could explain the accrual rate difference I perceived.
However, there's no doubt about the price inflation. The cost of items we 'purchased' in 2010 nearly doubled.
However, there's no doubt about the price inflation. The cost of items we 'purchased' in 2010 nearly doubled.
); now I just stick with gift cards--for me, a Shell GC is like cash.
Mar 2, 2012, 12:42 pm
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